Monday, February 16, 2009

Another Thursday With The Pool Team

Thursday (2/5) was a pretty typical Thursday (i.e., classes, Trev, dinner, pool match, bar crawl). Our opponent for this pool match was Bowland, who are one of the best pool teams in the league. At 6pm the team met in Trev for some practice and then at about 6:50 we worked our way up the Spine to Bowland.

When we got to Bowland it was right to business. I played the third game of the match. I only took 2 shots in my game before my opponent ended up accidentally pocketing the 8ball, which gave me a win by default. I was actually kinda pissed cause I had waited all week to play for about 5 minutes and win by default. It was definitely bittersweet. Anyways, that win brought my personal record to 2-1.

The match came down to the very last game to decide it. It was our team captain Jerry against their captain for the win. It was a close game, and Jerry definitely had some good opportunities to win it, but we ended up losing. All in all it was a very intense match, and I think overall we were fairly pleased with our performance. Anyways, after the match we all went back to Trev to join up with the A-Team (not Mr. T) and headed into town.

First stop was WalkAbout as usual, since they are our sponsor. While we were there I ran into Amanda and her flatmates who were out for a bar crawl of their own. We also ran into the Cartmel pool team, so we challenged them to a few "boat races", which I think I explained before, but if not it is a chugging race with a drink called Reef. Those Cartmel guys dominate boat races btw, so we got owned. Here are some pics:


Amanda and her flatmates


Rockin the Reef


A boat race in action


Jerry, Alex, Matt, and Bryn (Furness pool team members)


Me and the pool guys

After WalkAbout we went to Friary for more cheap drinks. We got a few rounds at Friary and then headed to Elements to rejoin Amanda and her flatmates. Elements had a decent turnout and the music was pretty good. We finished out the night there and then it was off to the taxis and back to the univeristy to crash.

No comments: